Eric Sevareid
Enterprise (1981)
Specials
Half-hour program on the "real-life adventure" of big business. Newsman Eric Sevareid, who served as host, described the series as neither "chamber of commerce boosterism" nor anti-establishment; rather, "an effort to report how various industrial sectors actually work."
Released Oct. 2, 1981
Episode 42 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.industry, tmdb.business
Production Companies: WGBH Boston
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S0E1 - John DeLorean: The End of the Road
A look under the hood of John DeLorean's ill-fated dream, in this updated edition of the 1981 episode Start-Up.
Nov. 11, 1982, midnight
S0E2 - Space Salvage
When two communications satellites were lost in space in early 1984, an earthbound drama with staggering financial consequences began. The accident, its ramifications, and the bold plan to save one of the satellites are chronicled.
Oct. 24, 1984, midnight
S0E3 - Satellites Lost and Found
NASA's successful use of the space shuttle to recover two space satellites is updated to include actual footage of the November 1984 mission.
Jan. 23, 1985, midnight
S0E4 - Billion Dollar Day
Cameras follow three currency traders in Hong Kong, London, and New York through a single day's wheeling and dealing. Also aired on BBC as an episode of Commercial Breaks.
Feb. 19, 1986, midnight
S0E5 - Battle of the Blimps
Goodyear and England's Airship Industries compete for U.S. military contracts for surveillance blimps.
April 16, 1986, midnight
S0E6 - Embargo
Examining the business and political repercussions of the trade embargo between the United States and Nicaragua, focusing on bananas.
Aug. 27, 1986, midnight
S0E7 - Run for the Money
Why corporate sponsors of the 1986 Boston Marathon chose to invest their money in America's oldest amateur athletic event.
Nov. 5, 1986, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 42 min.
Season Runtime: 42 min.
Released: Oct. 2, 1981
Last Air Date: July 12, 1984, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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